'I heard a knock at the door, and I can still hear that knock 15 years later'
Daily Mirror UK|November 22, 2024
Widow of hero cop swept away in flood recalls horror
JEREMY ARMSTRONG
'I heard a knock at the door, and I can still hear that knock 15 years later'

THE widow of a police hero who died in a flood has said the moment she was told still haunts her, on the 15th anniversary of his death.

PC William "Bill" Barker was swept away after a bridge he was on collapsed as he tried to save people from the water.

Wife Hazel was "full of mixed emotions" marking the anniversary on Wednesday.

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